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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 12, 2002Shawano County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT for Shawano County, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2002, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2002-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2002-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

890 
WUUS53 KGRB 121900
SVRGRB
WIC115-135-121945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
200 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHAWANO COUNTY IN WISCONSIN
  NORTHEAST WAUPACA COUNTY IN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CLINTONVILLE. THAT PLACES IT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SHAWANO. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  EMBARRASS BY 205 PM CDT.
  ADAMS BEACH BY 210 PM CDT.
  BELLE PLAINE BY 215 PM CDT.
  SHAWANO BY 230 PM CDT.
  SHAWANO LAKE BY 240 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...PREPARE FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4466 8890 4458 8878 4482 8827 4486 8858

MG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBMarathon6 hr
Aug 12, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB29 min
Aug 12, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor41 min
Aug 12, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB66 min
Aug 12, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB66 min
Aug 12, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB78 min
Aug 12, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB78 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.